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Hauptverfasser: Proesmans, Remko, Goossens, Ward, Stockt, Lowiek Van den, Christiaen, Lowie, wyffels, Francis
Format: Preprint
Veröffentlicht: 2025
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Online-Zugang:https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.15390
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author Proesmans, Remko
Goossens, Ward
Stockt, Lowiek Van den
Christiaen, Lowie
wyffels, Francis
author_facet Proesmans, Remko
Goossens, Ward
Stockt, Lowiek Van den
Christiaen, Lowie
wyffels, Francis
contents Self-mixing interferometry (SMI) has been lauded for its sensitivity in detecting microvibrations, while requiring no physical contact with its target. In robotics, microvibrations have traditionally been interpreted as a marker for object slip, and recently as a salient indicator of extrinsic contact. We present the first-ever robotic fingertip making use of SMI for slip and extrinsic contact sensing. The design is validated through measurement of controlled vibration sources, both before and after encasing the readout circuit in its fingertip package. Then, the SMI fingertip is compared to acoustic sensing through four experiments. The results are distilled into a technology decision map. SMI was found to be more sensitive to subtle slip events and significantly more resilient against ambient noise. We conclude that the integration of SMI in robotic fingertips offers a new, promising branch of tactile sensing in robotics. Design and data files are available at https://github.com/RemkoPr/icra2025-SMI-tactile-sensing.
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spellingShingle Self-Mixing Laser Interferometry for Robotic Tactile Sensing
Proesmans, Remko
Goossens, Ward
Stockt, Lowiek Van den
Christiaen, Lowie
wyffels, Francis
Robotics
Self-mixing interferometry (SMI) has been lauded for its sensitivity in detecting microvibrations, while requiring no physical contact with its target. In robotics, microvibrations have traditionally been interpreted as a marker for object slip, and recently as a salient indicator of extrinsic contact. We present the first-ever robotic fingertip making use of SMI for slip and extrinsic contact sensing. The design is validated through measurement of controlled vibration sources, both before and after encasing the readout circuit in its fingertip package. Then, the SMI fingertip is compared to acoustic sensing through four experiments. The results are distilled into a technology decision map. SMI was found to be more sensitive to subtle slip events and significantly more resilient against ambient noise. We conclude that the integration of SMI in robotic fingertips offers a new, promising branch of tactile sensing in robotics. Design and data files are available at https://github.com/RemkoPr/icra2025-SMI-tactile-sensing.
title Self-Mixing Laser Interferometry for Robotic Tactile Sensing
topic Robotics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.15390